Scarvelis Claims Commissioner's Trophy As Vols Wrap Up SEC Championships

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Tennessee senior captain Stamatia Scarvelis was presented with the Commissioner's Trophy Saturday night following the completion of the 2019 SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The award is designated for one male and female student-athlete that records the highest individual point total at the conference meet.

Scarvelis (Santa Barbara, Calif.) finished her final SEC Championships with 23 points for the Lady Vols. The throwing standout earned 10 points with a victory in the hammer throw, eight points with a runner-up result in the discus and five points for her fourth-place outing in the shot put. She is the first female Tennessee athlete to earn the honors since distance specialist Chelsea Blaase took home the award in 2016.

Scarvelis' 23 points contributed greatly to the Lady Vols' total of 45.5, which ranked ninth out of 14 in the conference.

VOLS TAB NOTABLE POINT TOTAL: On the men's side, Tennessee finished seventh in the team standings with 68 points for the meet. It was the highest total for the Vols at the SEC Outdoor Championships since 2008, when UT scored 97.5 points for third place overall.

WILLIAMS ENJOYS CAREER DAY: Senior captain Mustaqeem Williams picked up a pair of medals on Saturday, including the first SEC Outdoor gold of his career in the men's 200m dash. The Woodbridge, Va. native clocked a season-best time of 20.31 to edge LSU's top-seed Jaron Flournoy by .01 seconds for the win.

Less than an hour before the victory, Williams nabbed a third-place finish in the SEC Outdoor 100m dash finals for the second year in a row. He turned in a lifetime-best mark of 10.08 that now ties him for fourth on UT's all-time top-10 list.

TATE CLAIMS FIRST MEDAL: Tennessee sophomore Jalen Tate earned bronze in the men's triple jump competition Saturday afternoon with a distance of 15.87m (52-0.75) recorded on his second attempt. It was the first top-3 SEC finish of Tate's career after finishing fifth in the triple jump at the 2019 Indoor Championships.

LONG ADDS NINE FOR UT: In his final SEC Outdoor meet, senior captain Zach Long scored nine points for the Vols as he competed in the 1,500m and 5,000m finals Saturday evening. The Rutledge, Tenn. native clocked in at 3:49.76 to place fourth in the 1,500 before turning in a 5K time of 14:01.42 for fifth place at the conference meet.

BIG ORANGE SCORERS: Six additional student-athletes scored points to round out top performances for Tennessee on Saturday.

Alexis Duncan tallied five points with a fourth-place finish in the women's 100m hurdles final, crossing the line in a season-best 12.87 with legal wind.
LaChyna Roe also finished fourth for the Lady Vols in the triple jump, clearing a season-best distance of 13.52m (44-4.25) for five points.
Joseph Maxwell scored for the second time of the meet, taking fifth place in the men's discus with his hurl of 53.52m (175-7) to open up competition on Saturday. He totaled 12 points for UT at the 2019 SEC Championships.
Tamia Crockett scored for the fourth time in her career with a season-best toss of 50.92m (167-1) in the women's discus, good for sixth place overall.
Competing in her first career SEC final, sophomore Brooklynn Broadwater turned in a season-best 58.65 to place sixth in the 400m hurdles and claim three points for the Lady Vols.
Freshman pole vaulter Andrew Ference achieved a new lifetime-best clearance of 5.25m (17-2.75) to place eighth at SECs and score a point for UT.

UP NEXT: Tennessee athletes that rank top-48 on the DI East Region qualifying list in their respective event(s) will earn a berth to the NCAA preliminary rounds, hosted by North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla. from May 23-25. Accepted entries will officially be released by the NCAA within the next week.

Full results from the meet can be found at this link. For the most up-to-date information on Tennessee track & field, follow @Vol_Track on Twitter.

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Scarvelis Claims Commissioner's Trophy As Vols Wrap Up SEC Championships

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